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Latino Life congratulates The RIO CINEMA on its 50th anniversary of community cinema (1976-2026)!
How is it then, that this grade II- listed Art Deco RIO CINEMA has a history that stretches back over 100 years? The reality today, is that it is now celebrating the 50th anniversary of its latest incarnation, as a community-…
NIGHT STAGE (2025) is a dark thriller by Brazilian writer/directors Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon.
“On the Stage no one hides” Erotic and political tensions explode in a melodrama worthy of an opera in NIGHT STAGE, as an actor and a politician begin an intense affair developing a fetish for public sex, risking all, just as…
GABRIEL MASCARO, the Brazilian writer/director of THE BLUE TRAIL (2025) and multi-award winner, talks to Latino Life’s Corina J Poore as his film is about to be released in the UK.
In this dystopian view of a future Brazil, the elderly are supposed to feel honoured to be relocated to a remote colony from which no one seems to return. However, Tereza at 77, is nowhere near ready to obey this call, as there…
“When a person breaks the unspoken rules, all hell breaks loose"
Liz (Cecile van Welie) tries to conceal her true self, after her girlfriend's death, until, on a weekend retreat, someone awakens her passions again. When her sexuality is exposed, the secret provokes paranoia and violence…
DEATH & LIFE OF MADALENA (Morte e Vida Madalena -2025) written & directed by Brazilian Guto Parente
Filmed against the stunning backdrop of Lagoinha Beach in Ceará, northern Brazil, this quirky and delightful drama/ comedy by Guto Parente reveals his love of people, embracing all their genders and idiosyncrasies.
Essential Films to watch about Argentina's 'Dirty War'
Fifty years ago, on 24th March 1976, Argentina's armed forces, led by Jorge Videla, Emilio Massera and Orlando Agosti, deposed President Isabel Perón in a coup, establishing a dictatorship. What happened next was one of the…
DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST (Hijas del Bosque -2026) Dir. Otilia Portillo Padua
Seeking to protect their forests and in particular its rich diversity of mushroom species, two indigenous mycologists in Mexico, (fungi specialists), Julieta Serafina Amaya and Eliseete Ramírez Carbajal, seek out the lore before…
Papaya (2024) co-written and directed by Brazilian Priscilla Kellen shines at the Berlinale 2026.
Proud to be a part of the global success of Brazilian cinema, and rubbing shoulders with Walter Salles, Kleber Mendonça Filho, and Gabriel Mascaro to mention a few, carioca Priscilla Kellen has launched her first animated feature…
THE RIVER TRAIN (2026) co-written and co-directed by Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas A. Vignale
The world premiere of the Argentine film ‘The River Train’ has been screened in the ‘Perspectives’ section of the 2026 Berlinale. In a warm coming-of-age story, (or is it a road movie?) 9- year-old Milo runs away from home in…
NARCISO (2026) by Paraguayan writer/director Marcelo Martinessi
Following on from his successful opera prima “The Heiresses” in 2018, Marcelo Martinessi’s second feature “NARCISO”. a drama based during the Military dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner in Asunción, is being screened in the…
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ (2025)
The Mexican director's version of ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ embodies the gothic fantasy horror world of Mary Shelly’s macabre story with a melodramatic zest that is unique. A master of fusing film genres, Del Toro challenges our…
“FEELS LIKE AN ITCH YOU CAN’T SCRATCH”
Featuring a stunning performance by Bahiano Wagner Moura (Narcos / Elite Squad), THE SECRET AGENT (O Agente Secreto-2025) by write /director Kleber Mendonça Filho opens a door to the tenuous aspects of life in Brazil and Recife…
VILPA MAX- A New Streaming Platform for Short Films
Having spotted a gap in the market, with the brave spirit of an entrepreneur, Mexican producer, author and filmmaker Alejandro Vilpa launched Vilpa Films on January 31st 2026 - a new streaming platform dedicated to outstanding…
Belén (2025) Dir. Dolores Fonzi
The Oscar shortlist film tells the true story of a woman who in 2014, after suffering a miscarriage, was unjustly imprisoned for two years and falsely accused of abortion. Given the namesake ‘Belén’ to protect her anonymity, her…
'Los Años Nuevos' (The New Years) by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
In this absorbing 10-episode mini-series ‘Los Años Nuevos’ (The New Years) 44-year-old Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo, once again explores the romantic and emotional life of a group of friends, focusing on Óscar (Francesco Carril) and…
NINE BODIES IN A MEXICAN MORGUE (2025) by Anthony Horowitz
‘And then there was one.’ After a plane crash in the Mexican jungle, the National Guard are stuck with 10 passports but only 9 corpses. What is going on? This new 6-episode thriller series on BBC iPlayer touches on the absurd…
Paraguay – Piercing the Silence
Juanjo Pereira began his film, Bajo Las Banderas, El Sol (Under the flags, the sun) as a modest project to better understand his country and its cinema, which has no national archives, and where the history of the dictatorship,…
The Blue Trail (O Último Azul- 2025) by Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro
“Since when was getting older an honour?” Set in an uncomfortably near future, this dystopian tale creates a universe where the elderly are sent away to a colony from which none are known to ever have returned, all in the name…
‘CALLE MÁLAGA’ Co-written & directed by Moroccan Maryam Touzani
“I was born here and I shall die here”. When her daughter turns up in Tangiers with plans to sell her flat from under her, María Ángeles (Carmen Maura) does everything she can to remain in her beloved home in Tangiers. Carmen…
Mexican Fernando Eimbke’s gentle family drama ‘OLMO’ is at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival.
Eimbcke’s comedy ‘Olmo’ set in New Mexico in the ‘Laugh’ Strand of the festival, reveals itself to be more of a coming- of-age story with the challenges that Olmo faces.
"Magellan" (2025) Dir. Lav Diaz
"Magellan" traces the drama of the fateful expedition to the Spice islands in the 16th century and features Gaël García Bernal as the Portuguese navigator Fernando Magalhães (Magellan), who has to leave his heavily-…
“Grief is Grey”: An interview Merced Elizondo, Oscar-qualified director of ‘THE MOURNING OF’ (2025)
With gentle black humour, superb craftmanship and performances, ‘THE MOURNING OF’, a moving short film by Merced Elizondo leaves the viewer wanting more. It's no surprise that the film, “The Mourning of”, which explores…
THE CURRENTS (2025-Las Corrientes) by Swiss-Argentine writer/director Milagros Mumenthaler
Milagros Mumenthaler’s psychological drama explores the sudden emotional breakdown of Lina, a highly successful and award-winning designer and her struggle to return to normality.
THINESTRA (2025) by Nathan Hertz
A comedy / horror that is highly entertaining! Director Nathan Hertz explores where the world of weight-loss tablets might lead us.
FORASTERA (2025) Dir. Lucía Aleñar Iglesias
Developed into a full- length feature film from her successful multi-nominated short of the same name, Aleñar Iglesias’ family drama explores themes of memories, grief and healing. This debut feature by the Catal;an writer ,…
GABY ACOSTA, EMMY-nominated Mexican costume designer makes an impression in Hollywood.
Talented first-generation Mexican costume designer GABY ACOSTA, has been rewarded with an EMMY nomination for ‘Outstanding Period Costume Design’ for her work on Taylor Sheridan’s acclaimed Western TV series ‘1923’.
THE OTHER WAY AROUND (Volveréis-2024) Dir. Jonás Trueba
“It’s like a wedding but the other way around.” Here is a couple who are convinced they want to separate and determined to celebrate the event as well. No infidelity, no arguments…they are so cool, that there is no even “Will…
THE ROAD TO PATAGONIA Dir. Matty Hannon
This is a document of 16 years of ecologist Matty Hannon’s life, as he follows his dream to travel and be at one with nature, while falling in love and surfing some of the wildest waves on the planet travelling down America'…
ABDUCTED FILES (2025) by Brazilian writer/director Filippo Capuzzi Lapietra
Celebrating its premiere at the 33rd Raindance Film Festival, this highly entertaining mockumentary, set in 2024, explores the legacy of a film shot earlier, in 2016, that had set out to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the “…
‘CORINA’ Dir. Úrzula Barba Hopfner
20 -year-old agoraphobic Corina, works for a publishing house. She has lived for years within a tightly-confined area of the town. Trying to be courageous leads her to make a massive mistake and to fix it, she is forced to leave…
COMPARSA (2025) written and directed by Doug Anderson and Vickie Curtis.
Well-received at the 2025 Sheffield Documentary Film Festival, this is a moving feature-length documentary that explores how a group of women from Peronia, in Guatemala are challenging the authorities over the woeful lack of…
Hip-hop on Lisbon’s South Bank – 40 years in the making
Hip-hop Tuga, otherwise known as Portuguese hip-hop, began in the late 1980s on the south bank of the river opposite Lisbon, the area known as the Margem Sul (South Bank), including Almada and Miratejo, where Cape-Verdean culture…
CIELO (2025)an intriguing fable, set in Bolivia, written and directed by Alberto Sciamma.
Little Santa is determined to reach for the stars and get to Heaven. What ensues is the dark and yet heart-warming tale of Santa who changes all those that come into contact with her.
FINDING MILTON
Milton Nascimento is one of the most influential Brazilian musicians — now in his 80s, he has only recently retired from the stage. Flavia Moraes' documentary 'Milton Bituca Nascimento' is a road movie which…
MECKY CREUS: DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR 'MAÑANA FUE BONITO'
Karol G’s brand-new documentary ‘Mañana Fue Bonito’ has landed on Netflix and shows viewers what it's like to balance life as one of the world's biggest reggaeton stars while on a sold-out stadium tour. Director of…
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